# 2021–22 Iraqi Second Division League

The 2021–22 Iraqi Second Division League was the 48th season of what is now called the Iraqi First Division League, the third tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have varied throughout history for various reasons; in this season the number of clubs was 112. The top four teams in the Final Qualifiers were promoted directly to the Iraqi First Division League, while the last eighteen teams in the Qualifiers within the Governorates were relegated directly to the Iraqi Third Division League. The season started on 10 November 2021.
Al-Etisalat won the championship title after defeating Al-Hawija in the final match, with a big score of 5–0.

## Teams

The Iraqi Second Division League starts with 126 clubs and ends with four qualified clubs according to three rounds:
| Round | Stage | Main date | Clubs participating | Clubs remaining | Qualify for |
| 1st | Qualifiers within the Governorates | 10 November 2021 | 112 | 27 | Qualifiers within the Territories |
| 2nd | Qualifiers within the Territories | 18 January 2022 | 27 | 8 | Final Qualifiers |
| 3rd | Final Qualifiers | 9 May 2022 | 8 | 4 | Promotion to the Iraqi FirstDivision League |

## Qualifiers within the Governorates

The 112 clubs are divided into 16 groups depending on the location, except for the groups of Dohuk and Erbil, each group representing the governorate to which these clubs belong and is located within its borders.
| No. | Governorate | Clubs participating | Club(s) remaining |
| 1 | Dohuk | | |
| 2 | Nineveh | Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli Al-Mustaqbal Al-Mushriq Al-Shoura Baladiyat Al-Mosul Mosul Omal Nineveh Rabia Sahl Nineveh Tarmi | Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli Mosul |
| 3 | Erbil | | |
| 4 | Kirkuk | Al-Hawija Al-Shorija Daquq Dibis Musalla Peshwa Tuz | Al-Hawija Tuz |
| 5 | Sulaymaniyah | Baban Khallat New Sirwan Penjwen Sarchinar Sulaymaniya | Baban |
| 6 | Saladin | Al-Dujail Baiji Balad Salahaddin Shabab Al-Dawr | Al-Dujail |
| 7 | Al Anbar | Al-Anbar Al-Fahad Al-Fosfat Al-Habbaniya Al-Jolan Al-Nasr Al-Raed Al-Sufiya Hit | Al-Jolan Al-Sufiya |
| 8 | Baghdad | Al-Adala Al-Etisalat Al-Jaish Al-Jamiea Al-Kadhimiya Al-Khutoot Al-Mahmoudiyah Al-Mohandessin Al-Najda Al-Shuala Al-Sikak Al-Taji Al-Taliea Al-Zafaraniyah Haifa Masafi Al-Wasat Shabab Al-Adil | Al-Etisalat Al-Kadhimiya Al-Khutoot Al-Sikak Al-Zafaraniyah Masafi Al-Wasat |
| 9 | Diyala | Al-Khalis Balad Ruz Bilad Al-Rafidain Jadidat Al-Shatt Jalawla Qazaniya Shahraban | Al-Khalis Balad Ruz |
| 10 | Karbala | Al-Ghadhriya Al-Hindiya Al-Hurr Al-Husseiniyah Al-Khairat | Al-Ghadhriya |
| 11 | Babil | Al-Kifl Al-Madhatyia Al-Mashroua Al-Musayyab Al-Sadda | Al-Kifl |
| 12 | Wasit | Al-Ahrar Al-Hay Al-Jihad Al-Kut Al-Muwafaqiya Al-Numaniya Al-Suwaira Al-Zaaiem | Al-Numaniya Al-Suwaira |
| 13 | Najaf | Al-Izdihar Al-Khawarnaq Al-Meshkhab Al-Tadamon | Al-Meshkhab |
| 14 | Al-Qādisiyyah | Al Bdeir Al-Ettefaq Al-Hamza Al-Najma Al-Shamiya | Al Bdeir |
| 15 | Maysan | Al-Amara Al-Maimouna Al-Sukar Dijlah Qalat Saleh | Al-Sukar |
| 16 | Muthanna | Al-Khidhir Al-Muthanna Al-Rumaitha Al-Salman Thawrat Al-Eshreen Uruk | Al-Khidhir |
| 17 | Dhi Qar | Akkad Al-Forat Al-Rifai Al-Shatra Baladiyat Al-Nasiriyah | Al-Forat |
| 18 | Basra | Al-Basra Al-Fayhaa Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi Al-Qurna Al-Sadeq Al-Zubair Ghaz Al-Janoob Kahrabaa Al-Hartha Safwan Umm Qasr | Al-Qurna Al-Zubair |

## Qualifiers within the Territories

The 27 qualified teams are divided into five groups according to the location, from each group, the first and second teams qualify directly to the final stage, with the exception of the seconds teams from the Northern, Western and Central Euphrates Groups, where they play among themselves so that one of the three teams qualifies for the final stage. For a total of eight qualified teams.
| Territories | Clubs participating | Club(s) remaining |
| Northern Group | Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli Al-Hawija Baban Mosul Tuz | Al-Hawija |
| Western Group | Al-Dujail Al-Jolan Al-Khalis Al-Sufiya Balad Ruz | Al-Jolan Al-Sufiya |
| Baghdad Group | Al-Etisalat Al-Kadhimiya Al-Khutoot Al-Sikak Al-Zafaraniyah Masafi Al-Wasat | Al-Etisalat Masafi Al-Wasat |
| Central Euphrates Group | Al Bdeir Al-Ghadhriya Al-Khidhir Al-Kifl Al-Meshkhab | Al-Khidhir |
| Southern Group | Al-Forat Al-Numaniya Al-Qurna Al-Sukar Al-Suwaira Al-Zubair | Al-Sukar Al-Suwaira |
$^{[a]}$ Baban, Tuz and Al-Dujail withdrew from the league at this stage.

## Final Qualifiers

The eight qualified teams have been divided into two groups, and the first two teams from each group will be promoted to Iraqi FirstDivision League.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | ETI | JOL | KHI | SUK |
| 1 | Al-Etisalat | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | Promotion to the Iraqi First Division League | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 |
| 2 | Al-Jolan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 10 | Promotion to the Iraqi First Division League | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Al-Khidhir | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 9 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Sukar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 3 | | 0–1 | 2–6 | 4–0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | HAW | MWT | SUF | SUW |
| 1 | Al-Hawija | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Promotion to the Iraqi First Division League | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Masafi Al-Wasat | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Promotion to the Iraqi First Division League | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Al-Sufiya | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Al-Suwaira | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
* ↑ The Al-Suwaira–Al-Hawija match was awarded as a 0–3 win to Al-Hawija, as Al-Suwaira did not turn up for the game.